2. When meth is combined with cocaine and booze, it can destroy a 28 year old heart.
3. When you have one random patient across the unit from your other patients, and that patient is the only patient without psych issues, that poor patient is unfortunately going to be a bit neglected.
4. A discharge with EMS transport, ICU transfer and admission happening simultaneously (literally all less than 5 minutes apart from one another) 2 hours before you're supposed to be giving report means you'll be giving report before your last round of (very late) meds will be given.
5. Never been happier for vacation time. (Today is day 4/15.)
6. All play and no work makes ixchel a very happy girl. :)
That's all I got this week! Not much to learn when all I've been doing is playing! :)
This week I learned that I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew with 2 jobs, school, family stuff (parents and kids, I'm the filling of my family sandwich!)
I've also learned that the murder of a lion by an entitled idiot can make me cry. Hard.
I'm learning this week that my darling spouse will tell you absolutely everything about everything relating to American history, whether he actually knows what he's talking about or not. He will also flip out if you correct him. Good times.
Btw - I'm not working this week, which means I'm really not able to contribute a "what I learned" thread this week and have it be nursing related (probably necessary to keep the thread on the yellow side). Any of you want to start Saturday's thread for me?
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Btw - I'm not working this week, which means I'm really not able to contribute a "what I learned" thread this week and have it be nursing related (probably necessary to keep the thread on the yellow side). Any of you want to start Saturday's thread for me?
Mine aren't always nursing related since I'm not currently working. But I'm sure someone will start it for you. :)
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
This week I learned that I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew with 2 jobs, school, family stuff (parents and kids, I'm the filling of my family sandwich!)
I've also learned that the murder of a lion by an entitled idiot can make me cry. Hard.
Oh man, don't even get me started on that. I actually looked up his practice and was going to, hem, "complain," but they've been closed. Apparently he's already getting nasty phone calls. Looked him up on Google. He's also felled a rhino, a leopard, and an elk. GOK how many other animals he's killed, just to boost his ego.
It makes my heart break to know that this lion, who was accustomed to humans, was lured with meat just so this low life scum of the earth could shoot him with a bow and arrow, which did not kill him. After prolonging his suffering, this jerk finally finished the lion off the next day.
I wish he could have his license to practice dentistry revoked. This just gives me one more reason t despise dentists.
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
I have learned that I love Apple even more than I already do. I had an issue with my laptop and called tech support. For the first time in seven years, I got a really nasty tech...nasty to the point that he had me in tears.
I finally got transferred to a Senior Advisor for tech support, and we were able to figure out what the problem was. (Hard drive taking its final agonal breaths). In the course of the conversation, somehow the issue with the nasty tech came up. By that time I was over my sturm und drang with him, because I knew what to do the get my MBP working again.
The next day I got a call from the Senior Advisor telling me that Apple wanted to give me a $250 "appeasement" for what happened. I could shop for whatever I wanted, except for devices like iPhones, Apple Watch, etc.
So, I am typing this as I'm listening to my playlist with Dr. Dre beats earbuds. Wow...the sound is fantastic! I also got a mophie power station to use to charge my iPad/iPhone if I'm out and away from anywhere I that I can plug in. The last item I'm getting (hasn't arrived yet) is a really neat case for my iPhone. Talk about customer service!
1. I never thought this forum would be my therapy and help me deal with my dad's sudden passing.
2. It's never too late to go for your dreams, no matter how old you may feel. 32 is NOT old:)
3. I will have to sacrifice leaving my husband and kids for an Accelerated nursing program and even though it will be hard, it's all worth it in the end.
1. I am sorry about your dad.
2. I'm 40 and re-starting going back to school for nursing (actually, getting the hubs done first, but I am studying what I need to study now so that I can ace the tests when I can go back)
Oh man, don't even get me started on that. I actually looked up his practice and was going to, hem, "complain," but they've been closed. Apparently he's already getting nasty phone calls. Looked him up on Google. He's also felled a rhino, a leopard, and an elk. GOK how many other animals he's killed, just to boost his ego.
It makes my heart break to know that this lion, who was accustomed to humans, was lured with meat just so this low life scum of the earth could shoot him with a bow and arrow, which did not kill him. After prolonging his suffering, this jerk finally finished the lion off the next day.
I wish he could have his license to practice dentistry revoked. This just gives me one more reason t despise dentists.
I wish we could put him in a cage with hangry lions.
1) I learned that having a little cold sore on your lip gets you lots of comments from "I think you have a little piece of food on your mouth" to "Is that a pimple", and WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LIP!! And the worst comment was, "oh you have a coldsore...oh wait isn't that a form of herpes. It isn't is it, no actually I think it is." (thanks co-workers)
2) I learned that stressful situations can cause a coldsore.
3) I learned that Abreva is pretty expensive for such a little tube.
Poor rectums.
Farawyn
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This week I learned that I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew with 2 jobs, school, family stuff (parents and kids, I'm the filling of my family sandwich!)
I've also learned that the murder of a lion by an entitled idiot can make me cry. Hard.